Tie fastener



May l, 1923.

J. G. WHITEACRE TIE FASTENER Filed sept. 17, w21` F5 4 Immun Patented May l, 1923.

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Application led Septemberv 17, 1921. Serial No. 501,426.

To all whom z'z may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH GEORGE WHrrnAcRn, of the city of Vancouver, in 'the Province of British Columbia, Canada,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tie Fasteners, of which the following is the specification.

Theinvention relates to improvements in tie fasteners and particularly to a device for lfattaching and holding a made up or tied tie in proper position on the collar and a; more important object of the invention is 'torprovide a simply constructed, easily operating fastener for carrying the tie and holding it in place, the fastener being particulars ly positive in itsV action when in use andrequiring but little manipulation on the part of the wearer when putting the tie on or taking it off. 1

With the above objects in view the invention consists essentially in the arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter more articularly described and later pointed out 1n the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a front view of a tie fitted with my invention and in the natural position on the collar.

Fig. 2 is a view of the tie in the swung down or attaching position.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailed vertical sectional view through the collar and tie, the section being taken at 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the fastener in the up position.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the fastener in the down position.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

This device is constructed for holding and fastening a made up tie to a collar and it comprises an anchor member 1 to whichI pivotally attach a swinging member 2, the

anchor member being shaped to provide an attaching loop 3. The anchor member in the present instance is made from a single piece of wire bent centrally to provide the. loop 3 and then spread to provide side arms 4 and 5, legs 6 and 7 positioned at right angles to the arms and extending forwardly y therefrom and a forward elevated cross member 8 connecting the legs and fitted centrally with an yoffset portion carrying a.

tubular connecting element 9 in the form of a. roller. The swinging member 2 is `tion shown in Fig. 5 the spring will strike formed from a single piece of wire bent to provide aninclined loop 10 and side arms 11 and 12, the extremities of which are formed into eyes 13 and 145' whichpivotally connect the swinging member to the cross member 8. To the swinging member I attach a spring 15'. the spring having one end Vfastened to the loop 10 and the other end opposing'. the. roller 9. A strap 16 is attached to the arms 11 and l2 and holds the body of the spring lin place, it being .ob-v served that the ends of the' strap are rolledv around the arms 11 and 12 and contact with the face of the spring, I In the position of theparts-,as shown in y Fig. 5 it will be observed that theswinging member is hanging down freely, the upper or free end ofthel spring being entirely clear of the roller, which, it will be observed, is positioned at approximately an angle of forty-five degrees to the cross member 8. Further, it will be seen that when the swinging arm is swung upwardly from the posithe roller when the said arm is inclining y downwardly at an angle of approximately forty-five degrees. As the swinging arm is swung further upwardly the spring pressure gradually increases, for a time and then slightly decreases. When the arm has come to the upper position the spring acts to Vpress the swinging arm inwardly towards the loop 3. l Y

The loop 3 is adapted to catch on to the collar button 17 the said ybutton passing through the customary button holes inthe' neck band 18 of the shirt and also through the customary button holes provided inthe front flaps 19 and 20 of the collar. The swinging member carries the tie 21 which is permanentlyv fastened Vthereto and comprises a strip of cloth to form the wings 22 and 23 and a second strip of cloth 24 which forms the knot of the tie. These cloth strips are suitably sewn to the swinging arm which they enclose and here it is to be observed that when the swinging arm is down or as shown in Figure 5 the backrof the tie is to ther front as shown in Fig. 2. 105 When a tie equipped with my fastener is to be placed in wearing position the fastener is brought -to the position shown in Figure 5, at which time the tie is downwithv its back to the front. The loop 3 of the 110 anchor member is then caught on the collar button directly 'in advance of the attached ends of the shirt neck band.v Having so placed the loop the collar fiaps are then buttoned in place on' the collar button and this being accomplished the tie is caught and swung upwardly from the position shown in Figure 2 to that shown in Fig. l. In the up position of the tie the spring acts to press the tie inwardly towards the collar and hold it firmly in position.

Further, it will be seen that any rotary movement of the tie is prevented by the legs 6 and 7 which extend forwardly directly underneath the lower edges of the collar flaps.

To remove the tie it is only necesary to reverse the operation just described.

From the above it will be apparent that this device is extremely simple and positive, holds the tie firmly in place, cannot be seen when the tie is in use and presents a, neat and finished appearance when the tie is removed as only the anchor loop is exposed.

What I claim as my invention is:

l. A tie fastener comprising an anchor member having an attaching loop and fitted with a pair of forwardly extending legs and having the forward ends of the legs connected by a cross member, a tie carrying member pivotally carried by the cross mem ber and a spring associated with the tie carrying member.

2. The combination with a collar button, the buttoned ends of a collar and a made up tie, of a fastener comprising an anchor member attached to the collar button t0 the rear of the buttoned collar flaps and eX- tending forwardly beneath the lower edges of the said flaps and a vertically swingable pivoted spring pressed tie carying memw ber pivotally attached to the forwardly extending porton of the anchor member and adapted in the up position to press towards the collar.

Signed at Winnipeg, this 16th day of June, 1921.

JOSEPH GEORGE VHITEACRE.

In the presence of- Gr. S. ROXBURGH, K. B. WAKEFLEID. 

